Nationally, crime statistics come from two major reporting sources; the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The data collected through the UCR and the NIBRS is used by Congress to make decisions toward the policies and to allocate federal criminal justice funding to the states. In order for Congress to make these policy decisions based on statistical information, there has to be an understanding of how each program will collect ad report
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Witnessing the unimaginable rape case of a gay priest in the 1996 has intrigued my interest in law as I find it fascinating how a case over a decade was taken inconsideration in a jury. The case I experienced was very dramatic and exciting, this further interested me to the difficulties yet the benefits, of following a Law degree – for example, presenting legal and ethical dilemmas.as well as making me appreciate the system of UKs legislation. My educational experiences of studying Psychology has
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My hometown has been classified for one of the most dangerous places to stay, but if you were to take a trip there, would you believe it? Any person could drive down I-20 on Sunday morning to enter Longview and it would seem like another ordinary visit to a nice, appealing, small town. Longview may seem beautiful from the outside in, but there is a continuous problem with gang influences. This would be something you expect from bigger cities such as, Houston or Dallas. I was once held at gunpoint
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Background Boyz n The Hood is widely regarded as among the most notable films in the American film industry. Released in 1991, and directed by John Singleton, it focuses on the lives of three adolescents – Tre Styles, Darrin ‘doughboy’ Baker, and Ricky – growing up in the notorious Crenshaw neighbourhood in Los Angeles, California. Style, who is raised solely by his father James Styles, along with Ricky, attempt to stay out of trouble; they even aspire to attend college. In contrast, Ricky’s younger
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It is my opinion that older juveniles who commit serious crimes should be treated as adult offenders. This is based on the age of an older juvenile being established as any individual older than 17 years older. My determination is the fact that by the time an individual who is 18 should understand that if they commit a serious crime they will be treated as an adult. An individual who is 18 has usually graduated from high school. All other ages, below the age of 18, in my opinion, would be lost
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The mission of A Chance program is to eliminate youth homelessness in the Riverside, Ohio and to provide the youth with the education and resources they need to reach their full potential as caring, responsible, citizens. Our vision is to provide a safe home for the youth and to enable them to reach their full potential as citizens. Our initiative is to help the homeless youth in the Riverside community get a second chance and to help them reach their full potential as students and community members
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. For example her friends would have had to influence her to leave her month old babies at home while they go out to party. In addition to this they would have taught her the safest manner in which she would be able to leave her children at home. The fifth principle in this theory is as follows: “ The specific direction of motives and drives is learned from perceptions of various aspects of the legal code as favorable or unfavorable” (Siegel et al., 2013, p. 139). In Fujiis situation she was introduced
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The first half of the 19th century represented a watershed in the history of state punishment. Capital punishment was now regarded as an inappropriate sanction for many crimes. The shaming sanctions, like the stocks, were regarded as outdated. By mid-century, imprisonment had replaced capital punishment for most serious offences - except for that of murder. Ideas relating to penal reform were becoming increasingly popular thanks to the work of a few energetic reformers. Many of these ideas were
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The reason why I chose to write about civil liberties and civil rights is because I truly believe that every human being is entitled to their individual rights and that is something that no one should ever be deprived of. In my opinion, a person is a person before being labeled anything else and we are all equal, no matter our skin color, race, ethnicity, or anything along the lines that could be used to separate and segregate one from another. Hate crime is an issue that is becoming more prevalent
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America makes up five percent of the world’s population but 25% percent of the prison’s population. This is cause mandatory minimum sentencings, which means a person convicted of a crime must be imprisoned for a least amount of time, as opposed to leaving the length of punishment up to judges. This sentencing is mostly used for drug offense but if the offense is non violent the time in prison is usually a decade. Mandatory minimum contributes to the fact that America has a systematic problem of increase
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